STAR FILE PHOTO Dan Stroba of Oxnard heard of the Alaska Airlines crash through the scanner, then rushed to Silver Strand Beach where he could see helicopters and boats looking for survivors.

STAR FILE PHOTO The U.S. Coast Guard searches the waters of the Ventura County coast following the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261.

STAR FILE PHOTO Two boats are connected by a boom which has collected debris from the downed Alaska Airlines plane. Another Coast Gaurd boat, cener, moves in to pick up the debris on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2000.

STAR FILE PHOTO As the sun sets, U.S. Coast Guard calls any vessels with lights to the scene of an Alaska airliner crash by Anacapa Island . Most of the boats providing light were squid boats.